#akikiki

[scottpartridge]

Prompt 15 of #AvianAugust2025 hosted by @cookiedoves is the 'Akikiki. #AvianAugust is a bird art challenge which this year celebrates the birds of Hawaii

[ryuuliskart]

Akikiki

3hrs 28mins

Avian August 2025

Photo used © Grigory Heaton, eBird

[jadafitch]

Day 15 of Avian August 2025, Birds of Hawaii, hosted by @cookiedoves: ʻAkikiki or the Kauaʻi Creeper (Oreomystis bairdi)

The ʻAkikiki is a tiny Hawaiian honeycreeper, that sadly is thought to be extinct in the wild as of 2024. Today, around 40 ʻakikiki are part of a captive breeding program managed by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and operating out of the Maui Bird Conservation Center and Keauhou Bird Conservation Center. Once a more viable population is established, reintroduction could be possible.

*Plant featured is the rare and endangered native Hawaiian epiphytic fern species, the Pendant Kihi Fern (Adenophorus periens)

[heavenlyeros]

i really loved drawing this soothing little birdie. also as of scheduling this i am a week ahead on the prompts, so hopefully that means i will finish this challenge !

immediately jinxes it, probably

[starskynder]

'Akikiki #avianaugust day 15.

Watercolor and colored pencils.

[ashwilliebeee]

'Akikiki 🩷

[naturerobot]

Avian August - Day 15 - 'Akikiki

[theraptorcage]

'Akikiki (Kaua'i creeper)

This small honey creeper has been restricted to a just as small section of high altitude preserve of 14 sq miles, where they once abundant down to sea level and seen on multiple islands. It's population reduction is partially due to the fact that these little birds only rear 1-2 chicks a year and they depend on their parents for 3 months after fledging.